NBC Sports to Present Over 60 Hours of FIS WORLD SKIING Coverage

NBC Sports Group will present more than 60 hours of men's and women's FIS World Cup skiing coverage over the next two weekends, featuring Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin, two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety, and U.S. Olympians Travis Ganong and Steven Nyman.

Coverage is highlighted by the women's Nature Valley Aspen Winternational event from Aspen, Colo., on Nov. 27-29, the men's Audi Birds of Prey event from Beaver Creek, Colo., on Dec. 4-6, and men's (Nov. 27-29) and women's events (Dec. 4-6) at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. NBC, NBCSN, Universal HD, and NBC Sports Live Extra will combine to present the Aspen Winternational and Birds of Prey events, while Universal HD and Live Extra will handle exclusive coverage in Lake Louise.

NBC Sports Group's FIS World Cup coverage during the next two weekends includes alpine events in the downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super-G disciplines, as well as cross-country, Nordic combined and ski jumping events.

Bode Miller, the most decorated U.S. Olympic skier in history, will make his debut as an analyst during NBC Sports' coverage of the Audi Birds of Prey event on Dec. 4-6. Lead play-by-play commentator Dan Hicks will call the Aspen Winternational and Audi Birds of Prey, alongside analysts and former World Cup downhillers Steve Porino and Todd Brooker. Steve Schlanger will serve as a reporter in Aspen. This weekend's coverage in Aspen begins Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET on Universal HD with the giant slalom, followed by Saturday's slalom coverage on NBCSN at 3:30 p.m. ET, and NBC's live slalom coverage on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports' coverage of the Audi Birds of Prey event begins Friday, Dec. 4, at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with live coverage of the downhill, followed by NBCSN's coverage of the super-G on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. ET. NBC will air live coverage of the giant slalom Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. ET.

Coverage from the men's event at Lake Louise on Live Extra begins with the downhill this Saturday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET, followed by the super-G on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Universal HD will air same-day delayed coverage of both events at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.

Live Extra's coverage of the women's event at Lake Louise begins Friday, Dec. 4, at 1:30 p.m. ET with the downhill, continues Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m. ET, and concludes on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. ET with the super-G. Universal HD's same-day delayed coverage of each event will air at 8:30 p.m. ET.

In addition, Live Extra will provide exclusive streaming coverage of the FIS World Cup events in cross-country, Nordic combined, and ski jumping from Ruka, Finland, and Lillehammer, Norway, over the next two weekends.

NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets - will provide streaming coverage of the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational and Audi Birds of Prey events.

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